Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:52:44 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: Going through my kernel config I see CONFIG_M686 Pentium Pro. That can't be right. But there is nothing for Intel Atom, the 900A's processor. Is it CONFIG_M586? Is CONFIG_M386 my best choice, the default? AFAIK, CONFIG_MCORE2

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox 3.0.10 crashes

2009-05-21 Thread Philip Webb
090520 dhk wrote: Ever since I upgraded firefox to version 3 it crashes when certain pages are opened. Currently I have version 3.0.10 and amd64. I've been hoping the problem would get fixed, but it hasn't been yet. For example I can not even go to ebay ( http://www.ebay.com ), the page

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge spamassassin: re2c failed...

2009-05-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 21 May 2009 10:30:17 Jarry wrote: Hi, I tried to emerge spamassassin, but emerge failed while working on re2c. I keep getting this error for about 3 days, despite of syncing/cleaning/rebuilding portage tree. What could be reason for this problem? Log says something about c++

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge spamassassin: re2c failed...

2009-05-21 Thread Jarry
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 21 May 2009 10:30:17 Jarry wrote: I tried to emerge spamassassin, but emerge failed while working on re2c. I keep getting this error for about 3 days, despite of syncing/cleaning/rebuilding portage tree. What could be reason for this problem? Log says

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge spamassassin: re2c failed...

2009-05-21 Thread Arttu V.
On 5/21/09, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: configure:2460: checking for C++ compiler default output file name configure:2487: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -march=athlon64 - O2 -pipe -Wl,-O1 conftest.cpp 5 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: O2: No such file or directory x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: -E or -x

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox 3.0.10 crashes

2009-05-21 Thread dhk
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM, dhk dhk...@optonline.net wrote: Ever since I upgraded firefox to version 3 it crashes when certain pages are opened. Currently I have version 3.0.10 and amd64. I've been hoping the problem would get fixed, but it hasn't been yet. For

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge spamassassin: re2c failed...

2009-05-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 21 May 2009 11:21:22 Jarry wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 21 May 2009 10:30:17 Jarry wrote: I tried to emerge spamassassin, but emerge failed while working on re2c. I keep getting this error for about 3 days, despite of syncing/cleaning/rebuilding portage tree. What

[gentoo-user] USE=custom-optimization

2009-05-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi list! I'm wondering how to interpret the custom-optimization use flag which has become much more common in the recent weeks/months. I mean, I understand the basic concept: it either uses the cflags from my make.conf or its own set. But what exactly does the dev want to tell me when she uses

Re: [gentoo-user] USE=custom-optimization

2009-05-21 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:30 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I'm wondering how to interpret the custom-optimization use flag which has become much more common in the recent weeks/months. I mean, I understand the basic concept: it either uses the cflags from my make.conf or its own

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox 3.0.10 crashes

2009-05-21 Thread Dale
dhk wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM, dhk dhk...@optonline.net wrote: Ever since I upgraded firefox to version 3 it crashes when certain pages are opened. Currently I have version 3.0.10 and amd64. I've been hoping the problem would get fixed, but it hasn't been

[gentoo-user] Patching interactiv

2009-05-21 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have to apply complicated patches to an embedded linux kernel and application source tree. The diffs contain a colored mixture of things which need to be applied, nice-to-have stuff and real no-nos. I looking for a interactive graphical to tool to apply different patches out of a patchset

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge spamassassin: re2c failed...

2009-05-21 Thread Jarry
Alan McKinnon wrote: configure:2487: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -march=athlon64 - O2 -pipe ^ ka-ching! Arttu V. wrote: CXXFLAGS='-march=athlon64 - O2 -pipe' Nah, let's make a better guess: most unfortunate typo in /etc/make.conf?

Re: [gentoo-user] paludis and make.conf

2009-05-21 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2009 22:57:05 schrieb maxim wexler: Now that I'm starting to use paludis in place of portage Congratulations :-) Sure enough, under /var/db/pkg/.cache, appear the following: all_CONFIG_PROTECT all_CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK But how did paludis decide to use these variables?

[gentoo-user] Re: Patching interactiv

2009-05-21 Thread james
meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: I have to apply complicated patches to an embedded linux kernel and application source tree. You might want to post to gentoo-embedded for more focused attention to details on all things related to embedded gentoo. ymmv, James

[gentoo-user] disable syanptics pad

2009-05-21 Thread James
Hello, One of my gentoo users only uses and external mouse and hates the synaptics pad. I cannot get rid of the input being active from the synaptics pad. make.conf has this entry: INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev fglrx vesa In xorg.conf I have it explicitly disabled:

[gentoo-user] acpid woes

2009-05-21 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, When my netbook boots I get: ... apcid: cannot open input layer [ok] *cpufreqd requires kernel config CONFIG_CPU_FREQ ... but a grep of the kernel config reveals: CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y Is there something else I'm missing? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread maxim wexler
But there is nothing for Intel Atom, the 900A's processor. Is it CONFIG_M586? Is CONFIG_M386 my best choice, the default? AFAIK, CONFIG_MCORE2 is the correct choice. BTW /etc/paludis/bashrc lists: CFLAGS=-02 -march=i686 -pipe. Is that supposed to reflect the proper kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] disable syanptics pad

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, One of my gentoo users only uses and external mouse and hates the synaptics pad. I cannot get rid of the input being active from the synaptics pad. I think you need to set corepointer=0 in the FDI file or

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:52:44 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: Going through my kernel config I see CONFIG_M686 Pentium Pro. That can't be right. But there is nothing for Intel Atom, the 900A's processor. Is it

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread maxim wexler
The more generic choices you have will work, but be slightly less optimised. Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a version of GCC that supports it. $gcc --version gcc (Gentoo-4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2 googled gcc 4.3.2 + -march=auto; got nothing. Does that mean

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread James Ausmus
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:59 AM, maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com wrote: The more generic choices you have will work, but be slightly less optimised. Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a version of GCC that supports it. $gcc --version gcc (Gentoo-4.3.2-r3 p1.6,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:59 PM, maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com wrote: The more generic choices you have will work, but be slightly less optimised. Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a version of GCC that supports it. $gcc --version gcc (Gentoo-4.3.2-r3 p1.6,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM, James Ausmus james.aus...@gmail.com wrote: I believe it should be -march=native You're right! I'm sorry.

-march=auto (was: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family?)

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Paul Hartman writes: Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a version of GCC that supports it. BTW, is there a possibility to let gcc tell what flags it will actually use with -march=auto? Oh, and is your gcc man page empty, too? 'info gcc' works, though. But I did not find what

Re: [gentoo-user] disable syanptics pad

2009-05-21 Thread Uwe
On Thu, 21 May 2009 18:00:38 + (UTC) James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Any ideas how to disable the synaptics pad? Have you looked in the Bios? Somewhere around there should be an option to turn the touchpad completely off -- /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Uwe \ / against

[gentoo-user] firefox - thunderbird integration

2009-05-21 Thread Laurent lejeune
Hi everyone! I've been recently trying to make firefox and thunderbird work well together, i.e 1. make mailto links from firefox launch thunderbird 2. make url from thunderbird open in firefox After following a well spread trick, (described here

[gentoo-user] Re: -march=auto

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Schuster
I just wrote: Could also perhaps try -march=auto if you're using a version of GCC that supports it. Oh, it's -march=native. BTW, is there a possibility to let gcc tell what flags it will actually use with -march=auto? Paul Hartman just posted a link to a script that seems to do what I

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox - thunderbird integration

2009-05-21 Thread Joachim
Laurent lejeune pisze: Hi everyone! I've been recently trying to make firefox and thunderbird work well together, i.e 1. make mailto links from firefox launch thunderbird 2. make url from thunderbird open in firefox After reading

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: -march=auto

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Paul Hartman just posted a link to a script that seems to do what I was looking for in the [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family? thread: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/gcccpuopt But it suggests using

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Patching interactiv

2009-05-21 Thread meino . cramer
james wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [09-05-21 19:20]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: I have to apply complicated patches to an embedded linux kernel and application source tree. You might want to post to gentoo-embedded for more focused attention to details on all things related to

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox - thunderbird integration

2009-05-21 Thread Laurent lejeune
Joachim wrote: Laurent lejeune pisze: Hi everyone! I've been recently trying to make firefox and thunderbird work well together, i.e 1. make mailto links from firefox launch thunderbird 2. make url from thunderbird open in firefox After reading

[gentoo-user] Re: firefox - thunderbird integration

2009-05-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Laurent lejeune wrote: i've checked that those entries are set to my firefox path (/usr/bin/firefox). The thing is , once again, that thunderbird does it's job of launching firefox, but the page that opens is a *downloaded *version such as file:///tmp/blabla.html where i would like it to

[gentoo-user] g-cpan confusion

2009-05-21 Thread Tim Jones
Hello! Just getting settled with Gentoo, happy so far. I was a little confused to learn of the existence of the g-cpan module, even at the presence of perl modules in Portage itself. g-cpan is supposed to be a Portage wrapper for plain cpan? If I use g-cpan to install a module, will it use the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox - thunderbird integration

2009-05-21 Thread Laurent
Thanks, creating a new profile did it! pretty frustrating that we don't know what specific option did the mess up. Maybe what caused this is that the profile was the same i used with icedove (debian port of thunderbird) bye. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de

Re: [gentoo-user] USE=custom-optimization

2009-05-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Albert Hopkins schrieb: On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:30 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I'm wondering how to interpret the custom-optimization use flag which has become much more common in the recent weeks/months. I mean, I understand the basic concept: it either uses the cflags from my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: -march=auto

2009-05-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 21 May 2009 20:30:19 Alex Schuster wrote: Paul Hartman just posted a link to a script that seems to do what I was looking for in the [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family? thread: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/gcccpuopt It's the same thread as your own message is in.

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning up world

2009-05-21 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: Edit the world file and remove every version number in that file if present. You don;t need it and portage is infinitely better at tracking it than you are. Then remove everything with a category ending in lib, these rarely need to be in world.

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning up world

2009-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: Edit the world file and remove every version number in that file if present. You don;t need it and portage is infinitely better at tracking it than you are. Then remove

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: -march=auto

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Peter Humphrey writes: On Thursday 21 May 2009 20:30:19 Alex Schuster wrote: Paul Hartman just posted a link to a script that seems to do what I was looking for in the [OT]eee 900a intel atom is what processor family? thread: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/gcccpuopt It's the same

[gentoo-user] How to manage package.keywords for greater system reliability?

2009-05-21 Thread Jorge Morais
Hi. I used to think it was safe to use ~arch packages (through package.keywords) on a stable system until I saw bug #257047 - GCC 4.3 didn't have a strict enough glibc dependency. And comment #15 in that bug report is: [...] we don't test or support half-stable half-testing

[gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict, but portageq does not see it. Background: I've been masking out the new xorg server, but things have started to break, so I'm giving in. The process has been shaky, and I'm currently running something different from what

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict, but portageq does not see it. Background: I've been masking out the new xorg server, but things have started to break, so I'm giving in. The process has been shaky, and I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict, but portageq does not see it. Probably because the ati-drivers you already have installed do not have this file, either because they are an

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann writes: On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict, but portageq does not see it. Probably because the ati-drivers you already have installed do not

Re: [gentoo-user] g-cpan confusion

2009-05-21 Thread Stroller
On 21 May 2009, at 22:23, Tim Jones wrote: ... I was a little confused to learn of the existence of the g-cpan module, even at the presence of perl modules in Portage itself. I don't know how other distros handle this. I'd imagine that most package managers allow the installation of some

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann writes: On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file conflict, but portageq does not see it. Probably because the ati-drivers you

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict

2009-05-21 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann writes: On Freitag 22 Mai 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 won't compile due to a file

Re: [gentoo-user] disable syanptics pad

2009-05-21 Thread Saphirus Sage
James wrote: Hello, One of my gentoo users only uses and external mouse and hates the synaptics pad. I cannot get rid of the input being active from the synaptics pad. make.conf has this entry: INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev fglrx vesa In xorg.conf I have it